Safety razor



F. A. PICA SAFETY RAZOR April 14, 1936.

Filed July 19, 1955 Patented Apr. 14, 1936 OFFICE SAFETY RAZOR FrancescoA. Pica, Belleville; N. Application July 19, lass-serial No. 32385- 1Claim. (01. 6-41 This invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in safety razors.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a safety razor of acompact nature having the usual elements forming a safety razor andinaddition having means for spraying adepth of water or other liquid uponthe shaving area 7 of a razor blade'.'

A -fu rther" object of'the invention is to provide.

a razor of the above mentioned character provided with a hollow/"handlein which is mounted a piston for the purpose of forcing the liquidcontained in the handle through diverging jets which are presented tothe edge portion of the safety razor blade, thereby assisting incleaning the blade after usage. I

A further object of this invention is to provide a comb member for asafety razor having elon-.

gated slots for'the passage of the liquid whereby such liquidmay'contact the edge areas of the.

safety razor blade in order to remove therefrom particles of hair andlather.

A further object-of this invention is to provide a safety razor havingremovably secured to the handle thereof a mirror which may be easilyfold- Ied about the handle when not in use and which may be readilyunfolded to provide an adequate reflecting surface when in use.

A still further object of this invention is to pro- 9 vide a brush whichmay be also folded around the handle of the safety razor when not inuse.

A further object of the invention is to provide an annular flared guardportion adjacent the di- I verging jets in the handle portion to preventthe clothes or hands Other objects and advantages of the invention willbecome apparent during the course of the following description formingpart of the specification and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the safety razor embodying this invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional rection of the arrowsillustrating the cross sec liquid from splashing rearwardly upon theusers View of the same, taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1, v

,tion'al-curv ature' of the razor blade comb and its generalconfiguration; I

I Figure 5 .is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 ofFigure 2 vlooking in the direction .of the arrows illustrating thediametrlcal- 5 1y opposite jets diverging from the hollow handle; Figure6 is a modified form of the invention illustrating the safety razorblade head removed "and a sharpening device applied inlieu thereof;

Figure 7 is a side plan view' of the razor blade 10 sharpeningvattachment; I

Figure 8 is a plan view of the foldable mirror illustrating the same inits extended position;

Figure 9-is a side plan view of the mirror illustrating the same foldedaround the handle por- 15 tion of the safety razor;

Figure 10 is a top plan view of the shaving brush illustrating themanner in which the same is 'being applied tothe mirror before'beingfolded around the handle of the safety razor; and 20 Figure 11 is a sideelevational view illustrating the shaving-brush in its folded condition,ready for-use. o I

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of i1- ilustrating theinventionand wherein like refer- 25 enee characters will be employed todesignate like parts throughout the same, the reference character 5 willgenerally be employed to designate ahollow safety razor handle havingboth ends open and'the'lower end is provided with a 9 plug 6 having apartial bore 1 terminating in diametrically opposite outwardly directedbores 8 which are surrounded by an outwardly flared guard 9. A boss II)is formed integral with the plug 6 and is provided with internal screw35 threads II for receiving the threaded stem I2 of a safety razor capplate.

Mounted between the cap I3 and boss I0 is a safety razor guard or combI4 which is provided with a central opening I5 for the passage of thestem I2 and is also provided with opposite openings I6 for the passageof the usual stud carried byzthecap plate I3. Formed between theopenings I5 and I6 and the guard piece H are elongated slots I8 whichare directly aligned with the diverging bores 8 formed in the plug 6 sothat liquid projected through the bores 8 may also pass through theelongated slots I8 and im- 'pinge upon the razor blade portion I9 whichis sandwiched between the blade cap I3 and the 5 guardplate I I in theusual manner,

The hollow handle 5 is provided with a reciprocating plunger 20 havingan internally screw threaded portion for receiving the screw threadedend portion 2| of an operating rod 22. The 66 opposite end of theoperating rod 22 is also screw threaded as at 23 for receiving a handleor operaating member 24 so that the plunger 20 may be reciprocated toforce liquid toward the lower portion-of the tubular handle 5 andthrough the diverging jets 8. When the cap member 24 is in its positionshown in Figures 1 and 2, the same forms a closure for the open end ofthe tubular handle 5 to prevent the discharge of any liquid containedtherein when the handle is tilted upwardly.

In Figures 6 and 7, there is shown a modified form of the inventionwherein the handle 5 is also provided with a boss l and an annular guardmember 9 for the diverging jets very similar to the form shown in Figure2. By removing the safety razor blade structure including the parts I3,I 4 and I9, a sharpening device may be secured to the handle including aframe 25 connected at the bottom by a cross bar 26 having a boss 21provided with a screw threaded stud 28 for being threaded into the boreformed in the boss l0.

Mounted between the frame member 25 is journalled a blade holder 29having clamping screws 30 at each end thereof for the purpose ofgripping a razor blade 3| therein. One end of the pin (not shown) isprovided with a gear wheel 32 which meshes with a gear wheel 33 intendedto drive a roller 34 also mounted between the frame member 25 wherebythe upper roller 35 and the lower roller 34 may contact with a flexiblestropping member 36 to cause the swinging of the blade holder 29 therebybringing the blade edge 3| into contact with the stropping member uponreciprocation of the handle in the usual manner.

In the modification shown in Figures 8 to 11 inclusive, a shaving mirroris provided including a series of mirror strips 39 hinged together alongthe line 40. The mirror strips 39 may be formed from glass having asilver backing and in addition there may be provided a flexible cloth orthe like in order to hold the sections securely hinged together. Themirror may be folded around the handle 5 of the safety razor and held inposition by an elastic bard or other fastening means.

The shaving brush shown in Figures and 11 may include a flexible stripof material 4| to which may be secured bristles 42 so that the deform ashaving brush having sufficient qualities to perform the latheringoperation prior to the shaving operation. In use, the device is wrappedas shown in Figure 11 and when not in use the device may be extended asshown in Figure 10 and wrapped around the handle 5 of the safety razoras shown in Figure 9 inside of the mirror 39.

When operating the liquid dispensing device shown in Figures 1 to 5inclusive, the handle 24 may be raised to withdraw the plunger so thatthe hollow handle 5 may be filled with a liquid. The plunger 20 is thenreplaced and pressure exerted upon the handle 24 to cause the liquid topass out of the diverging openings 8 and when the safety razor blade capI3 is partially unscrewed to release the tension on the blade IS, theliquid may pass through the openings l8 in the razor blade guard l4 andimpinge upon the edge portion of the razor blade portion I9 to removeforeign matter therefrom.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as the preferred embodiment of the same andthat various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to with-' out departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the sub-joined claim,

I claim:-

A safety razor comprising a hollow handle, a piston reciprocably mountedin the handle, a plug fitted in one end of the handle having a centralbore terminating in a plurality of outwardly directed ports, an annularflared guard surrounding the outwardly directed ports, a boss carried bythe plug, a cap plate having a stud adapted to be threaded into theboss, a guard plate having parallel elongated slots adjacent each edgethereof mounted on the stud between the boss and cap plate and a razorblade mounted between the cap plate and guard plate the guard platebeing spaced from the annular guard and discharge ends of the portswhereby water projected through the ports by action of said pistonpasses through the guard plate slots for forceful contact with theadjacent portions of the razor blade for cleaning the same.

FRANCESCO A. PICA.

